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Romanian Cubing Open 2019

Cluj-Napoca · 20 April 2019 · 12 events · 54 competitors · 107 personal bests

Martin Fronescu won six of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Martin Fronescu by 0.29 seconds. 54 competitors produced 107 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

János Bereczki set the 5×5 single national record: 50.56.

Six wins

Martin Fronescu — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.29s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Martin Fronescu over János Bereczki

107

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Martin Fronescu	7.54	9.43
2×2	Martin Fronescu	1.98	2.47
4×4	János Bereczki	26.88	30.15
5×5	János Bereczki	52.35	1:00.26
6×6	János Bereczki	1:34.22	1:45.66
7×7	János Bereczki	2:25.84	2:36.15
3×3 blindfolded	Raluca Ioana Grigoraș	44.02	—
3×3 one-handed	Martin Fronescu	10.54	15.02
Megaminx	Martin Fronescu	50.06	59.24
Pyraminx	Martin Fronescu	1.81	2.88
Skewb	Martin Fronescu	4.28	4.63
Square-1	Paul Becsi	7.82	8.92

The PB harvest

107 set · 39 still standing

Paul Becsi — Square-1 single 7.82: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Raluca Ioana Grigoraș — 3×3 single 8.38: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Paul Becsi — 3×3 one-handed single 13.74: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Liviu Boboc — 3×3 single 9.39: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Raluca Ioana Grigoraș — 3×3 blindfolded single 44.02: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Bogdan Briciu — Square-1 single 11.37: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Paul Becsi — Megaminx single 1:00.81: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Raluca Ioana Grigoraș — 4×4 single 39.16: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

54 competitors · 436 results · 12 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Martin Fronescu won it with a 9.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1D' L' D' L F L B2 L' D' L' D F2 D B2 U' B2
2F' L2 B' D2 F U2 B R U' L D' B L B' R F D' B'
3U' F2 D2 L2 D2 L U2 D F' L2 F2 R2 D' L2 D' B2 L2 U R2
4F' D R2 U2 L' B' R D R L2 U' D' L2 U B2 R2 L2 U L2 F2
5U2 L2 B L2 D' R D2 F' U' R F2 U2 L2 B2 U2 L2 B2 D2 B'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

54 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.